HP vs. PTEN, NBR, RIG, VAL, HPK, BORR, PDS, AMNI, FTI, and PAA
Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Nabors Industries (NBR), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Precision Drilling (PDS), American Noble Gas (AMNI), TechnipFMC (FTI), and Plains All American Pipeline (PAA). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Helmerich & Payne vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 117 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.30% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.16% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.59%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -14.73%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 12.44% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy and Patterson-UTI Energy both had 6 articles in the media. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.47 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
